Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-07

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last FRIDAY.
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azzckH rsosived = special from ia csr
respondent 10 Pert Townssud, ar,
nOansinR the loss Of the bark Rlasraa,
and the schooner Champion, near ID,
entrances 10 Barclay seund, on the coss
81 FaaeOuvsr Island. The nsus vas a
onee bulIeffned IL frsnt Of thfs ofss.
ana s0oa became tie general touic ~
eoavsrsai ION aud Speculation thF0azh-
TIE Eldorado was TIE propsrtv o,
simpson- Brothers, A. MARKET street.. Har
FRANCISCO and haa been Ia the coal car
rytn9 trade for some years paat. On
DER last trip 20 this city, she brought j
tous Of California hay for HARRINGTON A
smith, and carried 9 orsw Of faarteep
psxsoas all told. She vas conmanded
oy Captain Humphreys, q spiendia little
man, whose family resides n Oakland.
california. Sac came here undeF char
Ter % load Blaek Diamond coal fOg San
Francisco. She was } years old, and
vas formerly ship Fi9Red. Many err
roniously suppose she Il the vessel Of
Tue same name formerly ownsd b. Cant.
IN Blair, and commanded By Oapt.
". y. Hayden, nov OF the Two Broth
ers. That EldoEads, however. vas lost
six years ago. The Egdogado left this
poEs on Tuesday. March 2sth, with 1894
tons Of Black Diamond coal, being fol-
loved one hour later By the ship 81.
stepAen of which nothing since has been
ieaKrGd. IL seems after clearing the
coast she drifted around until Friday,
when she encountered Q terrible aoutf-
vert gale, vhioh she weathered for a
time, but as she was being rapidly
driven on the troacherous coast Of Van
eouver Island, the CAPTAIN ordered sails
spread in order TO work her away from
the rocks, when an extra heavy squail
struck her, throwing her over on her
beam enas, altar which she rapidly
allied ana sank cut Of sight. -Four Of
her crew succeeded IN getting on q raft,
bat before they weFe picked up. two Of
them persisted from exposure. The re-
manning two were picked up By the
schooner Fannie DutaEd, and safely
landed at Port Townsend. Captain
Humphreys and she baIanse Of the crew
are supposed 70 have gone down with
the bark.
The schooner Champion, sold last
season BY Captain McAIlep, Of Port
Townsend, 10 q company Of Neah Bay
indians, vas engaged In sealing of the
Cape. when she was caught IN Fridays
storm and drivea on the rocks az the
entrance Of Barclay Sound, shera she
became wreck. One of her crew was
Lost.
Captain J. L. Oliver. of this city, in
speaking OF Barclay Sound, said: 81
consider IL the most treaoheroos and
dangerous sound ON the Northwest
coast, a. there IL no anchorage there,
and Il is full Of rocks. Besides this. IL
is open TO the sea, and a northwest
wiRd has full sweep IN there. The ship
Orgheus, which sunk the Pacific, went
into thai SQUAD, the Captain mislaking
Cape Bsal light, near BY. for Fiattery
light. ! got In there myself, nine years
ago, with the General Cobb, aud never
got cut. Her bones are still being
washed By the wsv and bleached By
the sua."
Captain Carter, Of the ship Ivauhoe,
said. II vas of the Cape last Friday
and expeEisnced the storm which foun-
dered the Eldorado. | did not think il
vas blowing much until vent on deck
and saw one Of my new sails had been
carried away. / asked the mate Why he
did not attend 10 Il, as it was whipping
about at q great rate, and he said he
had sent four men aloft, but none of
them we're able 10 do anything with il,
and Il vas as much as q mans life was
worth TO send him aloft in such weather.
saw nothing could be done. and | saw
that new sail literally whipped into
ribbons. l also lost another sail, bat il
was an cid one, and did not care any
thing about il. A schooner bound fer
Port Blakely was out in the same storm
and was stripped Of her canvas a. clean
81 q whistle. / am afraid We have not
heard the last Of that days losses yet.
The st. Stephen went 10 sea In com
pany with the Eldorado. and she was
very heavily loaded; in fact, she had
leo tons more coal than she ever toek
before, and II she ever arrives ct her
destination you may depend she will
have some wonderful experiences TO
relate. l knew Captain Humphreys, Of
aus EaoethOVt anu NC was uuiNerdatty
respected and bore the reputation Of
being good navigator. shall display
my eoiors at half-mast tomorroW for
him.
Captain ID. o. Blackburn, Of the
steamship Umatiila, said: IL Was out
IN that fridays storm, but I put the
nose Of that great ark into ID, and did
not fully realize how hard 1t vas blew
ing. Fortunately, there we're very few
vessels OF the Cape that day. l shall
display any Gags at half mast tomorrow,
out Of respect TO Captain Humphreys
and his gallant crew, who went down
With him on the ship"
The EldOradO was not insured, as tie
Simpsons. who own q controlling In
teFest In % vessels. prefer carrying their
own risks. whether her cargo was in
suFed OF not, We we're unable to learn.